138 Northern Antiquities. [No. 2. 



Mr. Chalmers reprints an account of the selections prepared by me 

 sometime after its discovery, though but little could be learnt regarding 

 it : the absurd law of treasure trove had hurried the bulk of it to the 

 melting pot before being examined by any competent authority. The 

 fragments remaining are two collars, in shape, size and aspect per- 

 fectly identical with those now worn by children in this part of India, 



excepting that they open in front instead of behind. Alter this, and 

 a merchant finding them in the bazar would swear they were of 

 Bombay manufacture : a snake-shaped finger ring, very similar to 

 those now worn by natives, two beautifully worked bodkins, and the 

 plates, seemed to have been portions of a shirt of scale mail. On 

 three of these you will find engraved the most conspicuous of the 

 symbols sculptured on nearly all the Runic stones ! 



The frequency of the occurrence of Oriental figures is reason enough 

 for assuming a connection betwixt these singular monuments and the 



